Read Well

Reading can make children better individuals and can mould them into well-rounded personalities with broad perspectives and high values. It is the basic foundation on which academic skills of an individual are built. This is not just my belief but my experience.

- Dr. Upendra Kaushik

Let me explain myself more clearly, a good book as with any good story exposes children to a world beyond their own. Reading opens up many more new vistas. Good books possess the power to excite their imagination and draw them into these worlds.

If teachers play a vital role in enhancing the habit of reading, parents also have their significant contribution. Next to imaginative story telling, there is nothing more magical then reading aloud to children. The intimacy, togetherness and magic that are created when a parent reads a book to a child is one of the most important childhood experiences remembered throughout one's life.

The charm of getting good books from parents as gifts, directly or indirectly develops a taste for reading, greater level of concentration and adds to all verbal communication skills. The greatest responsibility of teachers before suggesting various books for reading is the choice and the standard of books. I refer to graded reading here, where the context is appropriate for a particular age and reflects a child's need of development.